Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4180 20 Jan 2026, 11:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 17:0.216 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
2:10.534
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:45.239
And I update APT using apt 6.217
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.516
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.034
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.146
And I update APT using apt 4.897
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.070
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.072
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.323
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.132
And I enable persistence 23.089
And I log in to a new session 13.802
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.768
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.004
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.578
And I update APT using apt 5.136
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.335
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.274
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.623
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.638
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
When I start Synaptic 13.970
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.923
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.597
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.932
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.238
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.884
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.568
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.611
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.236
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.319
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.766
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:38.322
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.157
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.396
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.575
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.605
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.689
And I enable persistence 7.367
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.064
And I log in to a new session 11.829
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.337
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 41.604
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.699
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.804
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.734
And I enable persistence 7.904
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
And I log in to a new session 10.594
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.405
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 23.075
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.265
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.275
And I enable persistence 7.536
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.016
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.568
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.102
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009